Showing posts with label code. Show all posts
Showing posts with label code. Show all posts

Thursday, 15 November 2012

Coded Message No. 3

A postcard posted in 1903 from Peckham.  Only part of the message is coded; I believe it's Morse Code, but suggestions and further clarification would be gratefully received.

Face of the card.

Reverse.

Thursday, 11 October 2012

Coded Message No. 2

Face: The Bandstand, the Oval, Cliftonville.

Reverse: easier to decipher than the coded message in the previous post containing one.

Thursday, 30 August 2012

Coded Message No. 1

Here is a postcard sent from Hitchin, Hertfordshire, in 1934.  The face shows a picture of Letchworth:
A nice picture, but the reverse is far more interesting:
My first instinct is to say this is shorthand, which I don't actually know; so it could be some other form of disguised script.  There is also the chance, given the address, that it is not written in English.